U. K.
Queen Elizabeth dancing “lavolta” with the Earl of Leicester
Print, woodcut 1585 approximately
After a painting in Penshurst Palace. The couple dances the “volta“, a vigorous dance
U.K., France court royalty
Wallace, Carol et al.: Dance, a very social history. New York, Rizzoli, 1986, pl. 2-4.
McKie, Helen (drawing)
At the royal wedding ball at Royal Albert Hall
Print 1922 10.5 x 11.2 cm
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert waltzing
Print, lithograph, color 1840 approximately
U.K., London, Victoria and Albert Museum
U.K., London ballroom, waltz royalty Fonteyn, Margot: The magic of dance. London, British Broadcasting Corporation, 1980, p. 220. 5 2
Bal de cour au palais de Buckingham (Court ball in Buckingham Palace) Court ball in Buckingham Palace Print,
woodcut 1903 19.8 x 32 cm Illustration for the article
“Le président de la République à Londres” (The President of the Republic in London)
U.K., France court, ballroom royalty L’Illustration, 3151. Paris, 18/07/1903, p. 41. m4 3
The young Queen Victoria being amused
Drawing1830 approximately
The polka performed in the Buckingham Palace
Print 1848
Picnic given to Prince Arthur by the citizens of Halifax
Print, woodcut 1869 16.3 x 24 cm
Greece, Athens, collection Alkis Raftis
Ball at Halifax, Nova Scotia, in honour of Prince Arthur
Print, woodcut 1869 24 x 34.5 cm
Ferdinandus (drawing)
The voyage of the Prince of Wales across India
Print, woodcut 1876 30.9 x 22.1 cm
Alkis Raftis collection
State visit to the City. The royal quadrille
Print, woodcut 1863 23.8 x 34.3 cm
Dance at the court of England
Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature, color 1450 approximately
France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale (MS fr. 74, fol. 1)
The court jester playing a bagpipe leads a couple to a promenade dance.
Peasants dancing before the Crown Prince of Prussia and the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, at Eisgrub, Moravia
Print, woodcut 1866 24 x 34.5 cm
Greece, Athens, collection Alkis Raftis
Germany, Moravia traditional, couple royalty The Illustrated London News, 049. London, 25/08/1866, p. 176. Original
Dance of peasantry on the lawn at Carton
Print, engraving, wood 1849 15 x 23.5 cm
Royal visit to the Duke of Leinster at Carton, near Maynooth, about 16 miles from Dublin. Her Majesty and party witnessed what we may term a genuine Irish jig, danced to the music of an Irish piper, by several of the Duke’s tenants and their wives and daughters.
Janssens, Hieronymus (painting)
Her Majesty’s costume ball. Costume of the Restoration
Print, woodcut 1851 10 x 15 cm
Grand festival given to Charles the 2nd at The Hague, just previous to his departure for England to resume his crown.
Minuet in the throne room
Print, woodcut 1845 17 x 23 cm
In the Throne room, M. Musard, with his orchestra, was stationed, and in this apartment the Queen danced the Minuet de la Cour, Musard’s new quadrille and Polonaise, both composed by command of her Majesty for the occasion. The quadrille is entitled “Quadrille de 1845 de la Cour d’Angleterre, ou Souvenir de 1740 et 50”
Steiger, Isabel de
The dancing queen
Painting, oil on panel 1888 62.2 x 31.7 cm
U.K., South Kensington, Christie’s Signed and dated
State ball at Buckingham Palace. The Scotch reel
Print 1875 22.5 x 29.4 cm
Alkis Raftis collection
U.K., London reel, traditional royalty The Graphic, 011. London, 19/06/1875, p. 584-585. Original
State ball at Buckingham Palace. A royal quadrille
Print 1873 42.8 x 30.3 cm
U.K., London quadrille, ballroom royalty The Graphic, 007. London, 28/06/1873, p. 608-609. Original m5, XL 6
Hall, Sydney P. (drawing)
View of the ball from the gallery
Print 1885 10 x 14 cm
The coming of age of Prince Albert Victor – The festivities at Sandringham
Cleaver, Reginald (drawing)
The German Emperor’s visit: The state ball at Buckingham Palace
Print 1891 12 x 12.8
U.K., London, Germany quadrille, ballroom, couple, mixed royalty The Graphic, 044. London, 12/1891, Christmas number, p. 3.
A Burmese ballet, as performed before H.R.H. Prince Albert Victor
Print 1890 15.3 x 22.4 cm
Holbein, Habs & Clouet, François dit Janet (painting)
Henry the 8th, Anne Boleyn and others.
The “Dancing picture”
Print 1890 16.5 x 13.5 cm
Hall, Syndey P. (drawing) The Shahzadah at the state ball at Buckingham Palace
Print 1895 30.5 x 22.8 cm
Iran, U.K. ballroom, round royalty The Graphic, 051. London, 08/06/1895, p. 680. Original m5 6
McKie, Helen (drawing)
At the royal wedding ball at Royal Albert Hall
Print 1922 10.5 x 11.2 cm
At the Court of Victoria: The Queen and Prince Albert in a country dance
Print 1924 8.3 x 11.1 cm
Dowd, James (drawing)
The grown-up children’s celebration of the peace pageant. An impromptu dance for the King and Queen
Print 1919 15 x 22.7 cm
A dance which greatly amused the King and Queen during a visit to Hyde Park.
Sailor Princes at Fiji – War dance by electric light
Print, wood 1892 12.2 x 10 cm
Prince Albert Victor and Prince George on board the “Bacchante”
Maurand, C. (engraving)
Court balls – The imperial quadrille
Print 1890 approximately 31.5 x 48 cm
Alkis Raftis collection
Ball at the Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport, in honour of the Duchess of Edinburgh
Print, wood 1891 16.6 x 23.5 cm